Cristian Brocchi

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Cristian Brocchi

Full name	Cristian Brocchi
Date of birth	January 30, 1976 (1976-01-30) (age 32)
Place of birth	Milan, Italy
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	A.C. Milan
Number	32
Youth clubs
	A.C. Milan
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994–1998 1995–1997 1997–1998 1998–2000 2000–2001 2001– 2005–2006	A.C. Milan → Pro Sesto (loan) → Lumezzane (loan) Hellas Verona Internazionale A.C. Milan → Fiorentina (loan)	00 (0) 57 (3) 30 (4) 59 (8) 15 (1) 99 (4) 34 (3)
National team²
2006	Italy	01 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 22, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Cristian Brocchi (born 30 January 1976, Milan) is an Italian footballer, who currently plays for A.C. Milan.

1 Career
- 1.1 Milan
- 1.2 International Career
2 Personal Life
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

Early career

Starting his career at his native club A.C. Milan youth system, he was loaned to Pro Sesto and Lumezzane in early years.

Hellas Verona

In 1998, Brocchi was sold to Hellas Verona in Serie B. Brocchi followed the club promoted to Serie A.

Internazionale

After a year in the top-division, Internazionale signed him in 2000.

[edit] Milan

In the summer of 2001, A.C. Milan re-signed him in exchange of Andrés Guglielminpietro, who went to Inter. In AC Milan, Brocchi had to compete with Fernando Redondo, Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo, Clarence Seedorf, etc. He only made not more than 15 appearances a year, and often as a sub. His contact was once renewed in September 2003.^[1]

Fiorentina

Brocchi was loaned to ACF Fiorentina in July 2005, with a view to a permanent deal at the end of the season^[2] but at the end of 2005-06, he returned to A.C. Milan, partly due to both club faced problem to find new recruitment due to 2006 Italian football scandal.

Third Spell in Milan

Brocchi played his career high for Milan, made 29 Serie A appearances in 2006-07 seaon. Although Emerson arrived in the next season, Brocchi also made 24 appearances, 10 as starter, effectively became the the choice replacement of the midfields.

[edit] International Career

He made his international debut for the Italy national football team in a friendly against Turkey on 15 November 2006.

[edit] Personal Life

Brocchi has other interests outside of football, he opened a cafe in Milan along with ex-AC Milan teammate Christian Abbiati, and started his own clothing brand (Baci & Abbracci) with close friend and footballer Christian Vieri and model Alena_Šeredova. The brand is becoming very popular in Italy at the moment.